El Hefe

{{Short description|American musician (born 1965)}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=September 2015}} {{more footnotes|date=September 2015}} }}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2014}} {{Infobox musical artist  | name = El Hefe | image = Aaron Abeyta at TIFF 2025 02.jpg | caption = Abeyta in 2025 | image_size = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = Aaron Abeyta | alias = Hefe | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|8|8|mf=y}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} | origin = | instrument = {{Hlist|Guitar|trumpet|trombone|vocals}} | genre = {{flatlist| * Punk rock * ska punk * skate punk }} | occupation = Musician | years_active = 1991–present | label = {{Hlist|Epitaph|Fat Wreck Chords}} | associated_acts = NOFX, Crystal Sphere | current_member_of = The Aquabats | past_member_of = NOFX | website = }}

'''Aaron Abeyta''' (born August 8, 1965), better known as '''El Hefe''' or simply '''Hefe''', from ''el Jefe'' (Spanish for "the boss"), is an American musician and actor, best known as the lead guitarist and trumpet player for the American punk rock band NOFX.<ref name="urlNOFX, la Preoteasa! | | CulturÄƒ">{{cite web|last=Revenco|first=Alex|date=July 1, 2007|title=NOFX, la Preoteasa!|url=http://www.jurnalul.ro/stire-cultura/nofx-la-preoteasa-96174.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225072644/http://jurnalul.ro/stire-cultura/nofx-la-preoteasa-96174.html|archive-date=December 25, 2014|access-date=2010-01-25|website=jurnalul.ro|language=ro}}</ref> He started playing guitar at the age of 13, but he states that he started taking it seriously at the age of 15, joining his first band. He joined NOFX in 1991 and his first recording with the band was his contribution to their EP ''The Longest Line''. thumb|El Hefe performing in 2012 Abeyta was given his nickname by NOFX founder Fat Mike because at the time when Abeyta joined the band, Fat Mike was dating a girl named Erin and he didn't want there to be any confusion. According to Fat Mike, "I suggested a Mexican-sounding name, like 'El Jefe.' I don’t speak Spanish, so I didn’t realize the 'h' sound is usually spelled with a 'j.'"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://lasvegasmagazine.com/entertainment/2016/apr/15/fat-mike-of-nofx-house-of-blues-mandalay-bay/ | title=A few words with Fat Mike of NOFX }}</ref>

Abeyta once owned a nightclub called "Hefe's" in Eureka, California, and now lives in Stevenson Ranch, California. He has two children and is divorced from Jennifer Abeyta.

In 2025, Abeyta became a trumpet player for the ska/new wave band, The Aquabats.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Etw9c8XT1/|title=23punk on Facebook|date=August 10, 2025}}</ref>

On June 27th 2025 he released a solo single titled ''White Label''.

== NOFX albums with El Hefe ==

*1992: ''The Longest Line'' *1992: ''White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean'' *1994: ''Punk in Drublic'' *1995: ''I Heard They Suck Live!!'' *1996: ''Heavy Petting Zoo'' *1997: ''So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes'' *1999: ''The Decline'' *2000: ''Pump Up the Valuum'' *2002: ''45 or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough to Go on Our Other Records'' *2003: ''The War on Errorism'' *2006: ''Wolves in Wolves' Clothing'' *2007: ''They've Actually Gotten Worse Live!'' *2009: ''Coaster'' *2011: ''NOFX'' *2012: ''Self Entitled'' *2013: ''Stoke Extinguisher'' *2016: ''First Ditch Effort'' *2021: ''Single Album'' *2022: ''Double Album''

== See also == *List of guitarists

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == {{Commonscat}} * {{Official website|https://www.nofx.org|NOFX official website}}

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